Superchunk’s New Album Is Called What a Time to Be Alive

Superchunk have announced a new album called What a Time to Be Alive. (No, it is not a Drake and Future covers album.) It follows their 2013 LP I Hate Music and is out February 16 via Merge. The record, which was mixed by Beau Sorenson, features backing vocals from Sabrina Ellis, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, Stephin Merritt, Skylar Gudasz, and David Bazan. What a Time to Be Alive is the band’s meditation on last year’s U.S. presidential election. “The album is about a lot of things of course, but mainly dealing with anxiety and worse in the face in incipient authoritarianism,” Mac McCaughan said in a statement. “It would be strange to be in a band, at least our band, and make a record that completely ignored the surrounding circumstances that we live in and that our kids are going to grow up in.” They’ve shared a lyric video for the record’s title track. Watch it below.

Superchunk have also announced a North American tour kicking off in January. They recently shared a limited-edition 7" vinyl single called “Break the Glass” with all proceeds going towards the Southern Poverty Law Center. They reissued their self-titled debut album in August. Check out their tour itinerary, album art, and tracklist below.